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ALL meanings of choke back

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  • phrasal verb choke back If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion. 3
  • verb choke back to suppress (anger, tears, etc) 3
  • noun choke back to hold back (feelings, sobs, etc.) 3
  • verb with object choke back to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle. 1
  • verb with object choke back to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling: The sudden wind choked his words. 1
  • verb with object choke back to stop by filling; obstruct; clog: Grease choked the drain. 1
  • verb with object choke back to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often followed by back or down): I managed to choke back my tears. 1
  • verb with object choke back to fill chock-full: The storeroom was choked with furniture. 1
  • verb with object choke back to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal. 1
  • verb with object choke back to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor. 1
  • verb with object choke back Sports. to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle; shorten one's grip on (often followed by up). 1
  • verb without object choke back to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating: He choked on a piece of food. 1
  • verb without object choke back to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped: The words choked in her throat. 1
  • noun choke back the act or sound of choking. 1
  • noun choke back a mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped. 1
  • noun choke back Machinery. any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc. 1
  • noun choke back Electricity. choke coil. 1
  • noun choke back a narrowed part, as in a chokebore. 1
  • noun choke back the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke. 1
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